Neither the enamoured men, nor the viewfinder, nor the audience, witness Parthenope’s inner psychology. Dialogue is airy and oblique, with quotable aphorisms and pithy witticisms feeling hollow.
Browsing: male gaze
“Female gaze” is the latest, shiniest iteration of this same idea — and yet, its popularity among young people almost gives it the feeling of a slang term. It seems to be an aesthetic descriptor much more than an academic one.
Celine Sciamma’s latest film provides a searing portrait into feminine sensuality and the politics of gaze
Georgia Mantle on queerness and the male gaze.